xxczx
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According to lists, the game doesn't want to be played without hassle. Someone said they got it working on 3.90 M33 so try that.
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PSP Custom Firmware Thread
- Thread starter Mejilan
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So you guys I just got a new PSP GO with fw 6.60. couple q's
1. Can I safely update the fw (if there is an update, haven't checked)?
2. Is the guide in the OP for cfw the most up-to-date one and should I use it?
3. How do I buy stuff through my laptop if I don't have wifi through my PSP (in a hotel right now with only 1 device access to wi-fi, my laptop)
1. Can I safely update the fw (if there is an update, haven't checked)?
2. Is the guide in the OP for cfw the most up-to-date one and should I use it?
3. How do I buy stuff through my laptop if I don't have wifi through my PSP (in a hotel right now with only 1 device access to wi-fi, my laptop)
Just incase someone finds this via google search one day, the solution is installing the fix he has available on his angelfire website.
So I followed the steps in the guide but it doesn't work. When I run the "FastRecovery" thing the screen goes black for a few seconds and then the system shuts itself off.
edit: seems I had to run the "run cfw" from the update program first... it wasn't very clear, I thought I had installed it already just by running it and that was it.
edit: seems I had to run the "run cfw" from the update program first... it wasn't very clear, I thought I had installed it already just by running it and that was it.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
Can you log into psn with cfw?
If you're running 6.60, you can have psn access and cfw.
Just access psn without running the cfw.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
thanks
Edvardelis
Member
If you get a black screen and reset when trying to run a game as a CSO, are there any steps you can take to fix it or should I assume the rip is bad and redo it?
(Games in question are Y's 7 and Trails in the Sky.)
(Games in question are Y's 7 and Trails in the Sky.)
Shai-Tan
Banned
It's probably bad. With 6.60 PRO you should be able to run clean (unpatched) images of games. I always run iso instead of cso but I think the only difference is speed. If you went and added a patch to it then maybe it's screwing up because it's for older firmware. Same happens on some undub patches that they were made for a different image. I downloaded pre patched Valkyrie Profile undub iso when I couldn't get it to work with my UMD rip.
Edvardelis
Member
No patches involved with either of the games, I guess I get to redo them.
The last time I tried (9 months ago, or so), it was far from it. The few games I played needed the frameskip option (1 is enough) to be played at "full" speed. I refuse to play games with frameskip.
basic_text
Member
Bit of a bizarre question here but here goes....
I have a PSP-1000 and for some reason it seems to be stuck on 6.35. By that I mean I am able to download 6.60 but it will not install it. Every time I try to install it I get an error stating that the memory card could not be read, in the end I gave up and put 6.35 PRO temp on it and have been happy. However I went to transfer some PSN purchases across via Media Go and it now states that I require 6.60 to install the item. The memory card appears to be fine in that I can read/write all other things to it.
Is there any way I can force 6.60 onto the device whilst in the temp PRO firmware? Or would permanently flashing 6.35 PRO allow me to use some form of firmware downgrader/upgrader? Sorry if it's an inane question!
I have a PSP-1000 and for some reason it seems to be stuck on 6.35. By that I mean I am able to download 6.60 but it will not install it. Every time I try to install it I get an error stating that the memory card could not be read, in the end I gave up and put 6.35 PRO temp on it and have been happy. However I went to transfer some PSN purchases across via Media Go and it now states that I require 6.60 to install the item. The memory card appears to be fine in that I can read/write all other things to it.
Is there any way I can force 6.60 onto the device whilst in the temp PRO firmware? Or would permanently flashing 6.35 PRO allow me to use some form of firmware downgrader/upgrader? Sorry if it's an inane question!
DJ Lushious
Member
I have been out of the loop for a while, but one thing about CFW now is you have to jump to OFW first to get to 6.20 or 6.60?! That's scary!
I upgraded to 6.60 then used 6.60 PRO-C CFW it plays everything I've thrown at it so far.
DJ Lushious
Member
This route interests me the most, as I can then legitimately buy things off the PSN!
Takes about 5 mins to get cfw going, including reading the instructions.
Edvardelis
Member
To follow up, I re-ripped the ISOs and then compressed them with UMDGen. Still didn't work, although with my new build I was able to pull them directly off with a USB cable.
I then tried compressing them with PSP ISO Compressor, and now they work.
I'm pretty sure that compressing PSP games damages them. Like, that the program looks around inside the ISO and says "Oh look, I found a recognized audio/video file. I'm sure nobody minds if I cut it's bitrate in half." A good clue that you're working with lossy compression is that there's no way to change the file back to it's original state. Once the data is gone, it's gone.
The specific games that you're trying this with apparently don't like it when you tinker haphazardly with their innards. PSP ISO Compressor did something differently than UMDGen did, so you're not seeing the same problem in the same spot, but your games are probably still broken, you just haven't triggered their collapse yet.
It's best to use clean ISOs in your PSP. If you don't have a lot of space on your Memory Stick, store the games you're not immediately playing on your PC. If you don't have a lot of space on your PC's hard drive, compress your ISO collection safely with a "real" compression tool like WinRAR or 7-Zip.
They're playable, but its never going to be full speed since nobody seems to want to put the time in.
i ripped my dragon warrior 7 disks and using psx2psp 1.4.2 gives me an eboot error when i try to run it. i then tried using impalerpsx multi disk converter and the eboot runs fine. does anyone know why psx2psp isn't converting properly? i used it for other games and it worked fine.
Try redownloading PSX2PSP, I was reconverting my PS1 games last month and it was giving me issues.
Got it from another site and its now working great.
Thanks.
But I read last night that it isn't compatible with PSP-1000 (not enought RAM), so I can't use it
i fixed the problem. using psx2psp 1.4.2 i checked my ff7 since that was a working mulitdisk eboot that i had. the game id and the main game id matched on disk 1, and then added 1 to the game id for each additional disk.
so on dragon warrior 7 i typed in the game id myself to match the main game id instead of letting it do it automatically (which input a different one). i then typed in the correct game id of disk 2 instead of the automatic one, made the eboot and now its all good.
all that work so i can have the icon0 as a 80x80 playstation box art instead of a 144x80 icon.
So I made two accounts, one US and one EU, so I can buy whichever deals are cheapest. Problem is switching between them. Now I downloaded PSN License Manager 0.40, and that makes switching accounts waaaay faster and easier than doing it the official way, but I'd like to know if there's any way to play games from one account on the other without switching? Or would I have to somehow "rip" or remove the DRM from the games?
Yes, you'll need to strip the DRM. You can use NPDecrypter for that for PSP content. For PS1 games, modern CFW automatically generates keys.bin the first time you load the game with CFW on, so after that you can play it on any PSP, as well.
state_vector_collapse
Member
I'm not sure how to go about getting FFVIII running well on my phat PSP1000.
I ripped the game years ago and it crashed all the time so I gave it up as a lost cause. I'd like to try again though, as I fancy playing it.
Trouble is, I use my PSP for emu's and the SNES one I have used the 1.50 kernel in some way which is available on my PSP. All I know is that the emu runs better than if you don't use the 1.50 kernel.
But if I update to the latest cfw I believe I can't use the 1.50 kernel anymore? But i I buy FFVIII off the psn store I believe it is only stable on firmware 6. whatever the latest one is.
Am I right and I'd lose 1.50 stuff? Been an age since I messed with any of this. Thanks.
I ripped the game years ago and it crashed all the time so I gave it up as a lost cause. I'd like to try again though, as I fancy playing it.
Trouble is, I use my PSP for emu's and the SNES one I have used the 1.50 kernel in some way which is available on my PSP. All I know is that the emu runs better than if you don't use the 1.50 kernel.
But if I update to the latest cfw I believe I can't use the 1.50 kernel anymore? But i I buy FFVIII off the psn store I believe it is only stable on firmware 6. whatever the latest one is.
Am I right and I'd lose 1.50 stuff? Been an age since I messed with any of this. Thanks.
eLoader MIGHT work. "Might" is the key word here, I have never used it. But it's supposed to run homebrew that requires 1.50 kernel. But then again, I don't remind myself of things that run on both, but work better on 1.50...
Final Fantasy VIII is INCREDIBLY hard to get to work. Just upgrade your PSP to a 6.60 custom firmware and buy it off the store. It'll save you a lot of trouble.
Update to CFW 6.60 PRO-C10 or something. No reason to have any other CFW.
Homebrew compatibility is almost the same as far as I know, you have 100% compatibility for official PS1 games and PSN games. And for other PS1 games, there's always POPS loader.
DesertEater
Member
I have a psp 3000. Can I install custom firmwares on it?
basic_text
Member
I don't suppose anyone has a bit of insight into this issue?
xxczx
Member
yeah read the op
DesertEater
Member
I should have. I did search for 3000 and nothing came up <_<
Will read.
basic_text, thanks for the link.
How do you run old homebrew on 6.60 Pro B10? I can't seem to be able to run any of the universal remotes out there...strangely enough I was having the same issue running them on 5.50 Gen D with 1.5 kernel and everything. Some homebrew doesnt even show up on the list, it's kind of bizzare. Maybe my plugins are all screwed up
eLoader
state_vector_collapse
Member
Updated my psp1000 as advised above and FFVIII does indeed work properly now. I installed 6.60ME in order to keep 1.50 kernel capability, but need to know what posloader I need to install as well. Seems to be a lot of confusing info out there. Thanks